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Well, I have to say that the covereage from good ereader was disappointing. First of all it was anything but live on the webpage (engadget does great live covereage when they do it) and the fact that they posted "reviews" and "hands ons" which were little more than the press releases (they themselves called them previews in the article but the headline kept on saying review or hands on¨, though thankfully they later did add a little bit of their personal impressions.
As for the actual products... The Arc 10HD is tempting but I have a Galaxy Note 10.1 and for me the active digitizer/stylus is a must for a tablet as it increases productiviity and lets me use it to study, read texts and take notes but if it wasn't for that (and that my current tablet is less than a year old) I'd totally pull the trigger. The Arc 7HD is tempting but more for the software (theh Nexus 7 version 2 has a much better processor).
But let's talk about the Aura. I think the name could be misleading for some as it has a smaller PPI than the Aura HD since the distinguishing features of the Aura HD are the size and the resolution yet this has neither (but then again it drops the HD from the name). But still, my Glo died (seems the substrate cracked but as I am in Mexico there's no point in sending it for repairs unless I was sure it could be fixed under warranty due to the shipping costs).
But here are the things that interest me about it.
The new eInk screen tech.
The increased memory (and I think it also has increased RAM).
The new screen and size. Although I like how the Glo didn't have a glass screen since it completely avoids glare the screen responsiveness kinda sucked at times plus I had to make sure the gap under the bezel stayed clean to make sure it worked properly (lint and crumbs would get stuck there, what can I say, I put it in my bags, pockets and like to read while eating...). The glass screen is also a nice thing since it should protect the lighting layer. Also the fact that it is matte should help with glare.
Also I read that there will be new features thanks to the new screen tech like pinch to zoom or swiping up with two fingers to increase thebrightness of the light or swiping down with to fingers to decrease it.
The bigger battery. I know it isn't part of the press release but in the leaks they mentioned that it is 50% larger than the Glo's.
The size. I would love the Aura HD to read at home but I read outside quite a bit and on the bus and so on so I like something I can fit in my hand (so I can have a death grip and not drop it when the bus hits a pot hole). And I honestly can't justify buying two devices with so many other expenses waiting in the wings. Hell, I can barely justify this one and only because the Glo died. Yes, I would prefer the plastic substrate ereaders but as my choices are an ereader or killing the battery on my phone by turning the brightness up to max in order to read in direct sunlight, the ereader wins. Plus, I love the planned pocket integration. I never use pocket but more than once I have wished for an easy way to save internet articles and trasnfer them to my ereader for easy erading later on...
Now it's just a matter of roping a friend into buying it, and sending it to me (and figuring out which method he prefers to send him the money).
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